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As of 2018, there were over 985,000 practicing physicians in the United States. 90.6% have an MD degree, and 76% were educated in the United States. 64% were male. 82% were licensed in a medical specialty. 22% held active licenses in two or more states. [ 8][ 10] The percentage of females skews younger. In 2018, 33% of female physicians were ...
This category has the following 56 subcategories, out of 56 total. American physicians by century (7 C) American physicians by populated place (34 C) American physicians by ethnicity (7 C) Alumni by medical school in the United States (96 C) American physicians by state (52 C, 1 P)
Theodor Kocher (1841–1917) — thyroid surgery; first surgeon to win the Nobel Prize. Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781–1826) — inventor of the stethoscope. Janet Lane-Claypon (1877–1967) — pioneer of epidemiology. Thomas Linacre (1460–1524) — founder of Royal College of Physicians.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing. College of Nursing accreditation. American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. National League for Nursing. Advanced practice nursing college accreditation. American College of Nurse-Midwives. Council of Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.
A professional doctoral degree for naturopathic practitioners in the United States. Holders of the ND or NMD degree are known as naturopathic physicians in states where they may be licensed. The designation NMD is used in Arizona. Doctor of Business Administration. DBA or DrBA. Doctor of Education. EdD or DEd.
The NPI is a 10-position, intelligence-free numeric identifier (10-digit number). This means that the numbers do not carry other information about healthcare providers, such as the state in which they live or their medical specialty. The NPI must be used in lieu of legacy provider identifiers in the HIPAA standards transactions. As outlined in ...
Lists or actual hospitals in insular areas of the United States include: List of hospitals in American Samoa (total: 1) [4] List of hospitals in Guam (total: 3) [5] List of hospitals in the Northern Mariana Islands (total: 1) [6] List of hospitals in Puerto Rico (notable: 6) [7] List of hospitals in the United States Virgin Islands (total: 2) [8]
Aggregate US hospital costs were $387.3 billion in 2011—a 63% increase since 1997 (inflation adjusted). Costs per stay increased 47% since 1997, averaging $10,000 in 2011 (equivalent to $13,544 in 2023 [ 31] ). [ 128] As of 2008, public spending accounts for between 45% and 56% of US healthcare spending. [ 129]